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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-07-21

Austin Cattle and HOrse MARKET.
AUSTIN, July 19.-Following are local quota
tons, furnished by j. G. Duncan, commission mer-
chant:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
A Cross-Eyed Man in Luck.

Yesterday morning at the Columbia
Theatre nearly one hundred people were
in line waiting single tickets to the
Mapleson opera,
just as Louis Kalish was about to open
his window and fling out his first paste
board, a Jet black kitten bounced into
the theatre from Mr.. Hogg's Glove gal
lerv, and began to claw the carpet.
Ed. Taylor's face beamed with delight,
and he rushed to tell Kalish to open
the window and begin the sale at
once.
There's a black cat in the house,
Louis, he yelled in his delight
At that instant, casting his eve down
the long line OF people, his quick vision
caught sight of a cross-eyed man.
Hold on, Louis, ;" shrieked Mr.. lay
lor, don't open it up yet
Then the active and keen observer
went out, and, accosting the cross
eyed man, he said Mr.. Mcconnell
wanted to see him inside
WOndcringly the cTOss-cved man left
his place in line, went into the private
office, was presented to Mr.. Mcconnell,
and given two compIimentaries for the
performance that he wanted to see.
" That is all right, said Mr.. Taylor
to the man with the swivel eve. You
could not have bought any seats there,
for you would have 'hOodoOed' the
whole engagement. We Just had
black cat come in, and you had to go
out. Now, there, no oremarks-pleaseg 90,
sir; please go. We would much rather
give you two seats than sell them to
you ON the opening day of the sale"
The swivel-eyed man walked off,
wondering what it all meant, and if the
Columbia theatre had been made a
branch of the Kankakee asylum.
OF course, said Mr.. Taylor after
ward, . a crOss-eyed man IN the line
ruins everything. You see, the advent
of that black cat was great thing, and
we couldn't have it ruined by man
with a bad eye"
Then Mr.. Kalish opened his window.
i Chicago Herald.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
The Capftolian Applewoman.

When Dom Pedro Brazil was here
he went through the Capitol, and In
passing by Aunt Clara's booth she
created a tremendous sensation by rush
ing ont and throwing her arms about
his neck and kissing him.
Then she cried in a voice loud enough
to be heard from House to Senate:
Give kissed a kingl I've kissed a
kinCr
OF course, the Emperor was greatly
astOnished at this procedure, but 1t
was explained that she had a weak
mind, and he then evinced a curiosity
in her wares displayed at the booth.
He gave her a lot of his photographs
to sell and wrote his autograph IN her
book kept only for the signatures of
great men.
Aunt Clara Morris was shrewd. for
she made copies of the autograph on
tracing paper and sold them at a good
price.
She is always greatly affected atl7arn-
ing the death of one of her distinguished
friends and often closes her boot out
of respect to their memories. Sh. was
a strong friend of General Grant and
it is said one of his last letters was
to Aunt Clara, thanking her for
letter in which she said she was prar ing
for his recovery. She is desperately in
love with Ben Butler and says she loves
him more than any man since Charles
Sumner. Baltimore American
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20

The Chancellor's wife, a tall, aristo-
cratic-loOking woman, with decided
but pleasing features, and in an elegant
though simple toilet, received each
guest as he arrived with gracious
affabilitv
Standing close beside the open por-
there's, past which the eve glanced into
the family living rooms, she was q
true type of the position she holds
both in home and public life.
A noble wife and mother, she has
faithfully stood by her husbands side
from the very commencement of his
political career.
A Chicago paper declares that Bis
marck's wife is her husbands private
secretary! How far this statement is
true we do not pretend to say, but an
old friend of the family has repeat
edly told US that during the saddest
time that Germany has witnessed for
the past fifty years, when Bismarck,
disheartened and dispirited, retired to
his small property of Schonhausen
there to vegetate as a small Prussian
landowner, while brooding moodily
over all his grand political schemes,
his wife never for a moment lost heart,
but was able to inspire her hus-
band with ever fresh courage and
hone
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
The ART OF WRESTLING.
Uses and Abuses Of the Musical I,uoke

Uses and Abuses Of the Musical Fucker.
Whistling is the safety-vent Of per
sons without singing voice, but with
a musical tendency.
In the mouth Of the right person
whistiing may become an art and
prove a blessing. but there is nothing
more lugubri7us than a poor whistler
who persists IN splitting the air cross
wise with tortured chromatics.
Persons of sedentary habits, OF those
whose occupations take them apart
from mankind in general, are often
given to whistlinC.
Sailors and shepherds are proficient
IN the musical pucker
The solitary hill watchers of Scot
land have produced proveThial whist
iers which even the poets have
deigned to notice. and In the long
watches of the night poor Jack has
amused himself 10y the shrilI enun-
citation of the '' Fishers Horn
pipe"
Shakspera says: 1.-The saaman's
whistle Is as a whisper In the ears
of death, unheard" but tins referred
to Jack S efforts IN gale Of
wind.
Sometimes whistling supplied the
IA4llC " EA4CuEgAL1- AgL Ii AtEL4
says: ''-----
He trudged along, unknowing what he
sought,
And whistled as he went for want Of
thought
This mode Of expression has not
unfrequently served to stay the courage
Of many little bosom:
The schoolboy, with his satchel in his
hand,
Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.
Or, as Dryden again has 1t:
Whistling to keep myself from being
afraid.
A sturdy whistle well off the lungs
has kept many jnhberwock from laav-
ing the EraveyaId to attack the lonely
Passer-by.
Some names are credited with
creating a whistliIg by their fame.
Cowley speaks of the q" foolish
whistling Of a name, and Pope eT-
claims
Or, ravaged with the whistling of a
name,
See Cromwell, damned TO everlasting
fame.
Indiscriminate and sudden wListliuC
Is used to express anything rage,
wonder or JOY. The whistle too,
serves as a warning, a command OF a
call
" Whistle and III t. We ma lad. - saws
the girl III the old ballad This must
have been a favorlte method of at
tracing the attention of the fair sex.
for We find in Beaumont and Fletch7r's
'' VII Without Money similar
assuTaur-.
Our school readers all contained the
solemn parable Of Poor Richard about
paving too dear for ones whistle,
and Goldsmith tells US Of the man
who
Cast off his friends, as a huntsman his
pack,
For he knew when he pleased he could
whistle them back.
The wetting Of whistles Is IN entirely
different thing and Is not confined To
men alone, for we have 5Lc evidence
of CHANGER that SO was hire Jolly
whistle wei wette. The old proverb
warns US that
Whistling girls and growing hens
Always come 10 some bad end.
- Philadelphia News,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
FOR AND AGAINST SMOKING.
Observations by Veteran in the Use o
Tobacco.

Observations by a Veteran in the Use OF
Tobacco.
I have had three important kinds,
or grades, of experience in tobacco
smoking, covering n period OF about
thirty years. with two considerable IN
tervals Of abstinence that were de
voted to investigating the effect OF
nicotine upon my own system.
l may, therefore, be Justified in as
sertinE q good knowledge Of the sub
ject, because 1t Is experimental know
ledge.
Ibeg to offer a summary Of my con
illusions:
l. Human beings have probably
smoked tobacco longer than history
has been. The practice IN China Is
of undoubted great antiquity, and
there IS reason to believe that it was
common to the ancient American
races.
2. It Is an open questirn whether
there is anv virtue in smoking.
3. Nobody denies that ii Is often pro
duCtive Of distressing results.
l. Tobacco contains a volatile oil. a
volatile alkaii and an Cmuvraumatic
oil. The volatile alkali We know as
nicotine. The three are dangerous.
>. The proportion Of poison is
smallest In the best Havana tobacco:
therefore IL IS a wise self-deleuse to
smoke Havana cigars.
6. The sound man NAV smoke with
no visible iii effects.
Z. If your heart be diseased abandon
all use of tobacco.
8. The habitual Turkish bather
may smoke with comparative i'm
punitv.
9. The smoker who discharges a
great quantity of saliva impairs diges-
tion-which means a long train of con-
sequent Affections.
10. The smoker who swallows his
saliva as fast as it Is secrcted absorbs
more poison than the smoker who
discharges it.
II. Before relighting a partially
burned cigar, the fire in which has
gone out, blow through 1t with ali the
power OF your lungs.
u. Tobacco smoked IN a clean pipe
with a long stem, OF after the Turk
ish fashion of filtering through water,
Is less hurtful than cigar smoking
Is. One cigar day Is better than
two or ten cigars a day.
IA. No cigar Is better than one cigar.
10. The smokerwho defends smoking
through thick and thin Is FIRST cousin
to the highwayman who deuulnces
criminal law
is. The public good demands, par
ticularly, the suppression of the cigar
cite fiend.-I Detroit Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
WALT wnrrMAN,s NEW POEM.

Lecturing recently on "The Death of
Abraham Lincoln" Walt Whitman re
cited the following, his latest published
production:
o Captain my Captaini our fearful trip
is done;
The ship has weatheTed every rack, the
prize we sought Is won;
The port is near, the bells 1 hear, the
people all exulting.
While follow eyes the steady keel, the
vessel grim and daring.
But, o heart heart heart!
o the bleeding drops of red,
Where ON the deck my Captain
Fallen cold and dead.
o Captain! my Captain! rise up and
hear the bells;
Rise up-for you the flag is Hung-for
you the bugie trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths-
for you the shores a-crowding:
For you they call, the swaying mass,
their eager faces turning.
Here Captain! dear fatheri
This arm beneath your head J
1t is some dream that on the deck
You're fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are
pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm. he has
no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, It's
voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes
In with object won.
Exult, 0 shores and ring. 0 bells
But l with mOurnful tread
Walk the deck-my Captain Hes
Fallen cold and dead.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
Her First view of Death.

The touching pathos of childhood is
shown in the following.
The death of a well known gentle
man had called forth many expressions
of sympathy from friends in the way
of a profusion of flowers in beautiful
designs.
After they had been placed around
him as he lay in the casket, his little
daughter Alice, of four years, was led
by her mamma into the room to look
upon the face of her dead papa.
She was naturally attracted by the
flowers and by the design of The
Gates AJar" Her mamma told her that
" the beautiful gate had opened and
papa had passed through and
would never come back to them
again.
The child looked steadily at her
papa's face for few moments, then
climbed up so she could reach over
and kiss his cold lips, saying:
'' Papa, dear, speak to me and say
you will come to the beautiful gate
sHa meet your little Alice some day" "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
AN OLD YANKEE NEWSPAPER.
Its Quaint Contents The Invention Of tn,
Stocking Loom.

Its Quaint Contents The Invention OF the
Stocking Loom.
A copy of the New England Weekly
Journal, of April 8, 1928. one hun
dred and fifty-eight years ago,
which lies before me, contains so many
curious things that l cannot forbear
making a few quotations with ali their
quaintness of rhetoric and profuseness
of capitals.
The editor explains his plans as
follows
There are Measures for rendering this
Paper yet more universally esteemed,
and useful, in which tbs hop'd the
Publick VIII be gratifi'd, and by which
those gentlemen who desire to be i'm
prov'd in History, Philosophy, Poetry,
&c, will be greatly advantaged."
Then follows a history of the invent
ion of the stocking loom with this edi-
torial preface.
" 'Iis not the understanding or por-
ing upon Books that makes a man
wise or serviceable, but the knowing
the True Nature of Things. Were
Practice substituted in the room of
Speculation, the good Effects of knowl-
edge would become as visible as they
are excellent. An instance of the
Truth in which is illustrated In the
following Relation"
few other paragraphs are well worth
reading:
1T is not out of some Mems Re
membrance, that a young Gentle
man, of no Fortune, a Student OF
Oxford, fell in Love with an Inn
Keepers Daughter of that Town.
whose ( circumstances were very mar
now; he had Philosophy enough to
despise superfluous Wealth and Judg-
ment to foresee the Necessity OF a
Competency to Live; but Love was
headstrOng, and too hard for reason,
so that after a Year or two's inetfec-
tual Delay, they bid Defiance to
their Stars and had Courage enough
to marry. The Scholar gain'd a wife,
and lost a Fellowship, the only
small Subsistence he before depended
on"
Then the story relates the inability
of the unlettered innkeeper to under
stand why his learned son-in-law could
not earn a penny toward his own sup
port and that of his wife.
After the innkeeper's death, which
occurred in less than a year. the unfOr-
tunate couple were compelled to leave
the inn and take refuge in the C1rret
of the house of a relative OF the
wife.
The wife endeavored to gain q sub
sistence by knitting stockings lat a
certain poor Price for every Pair"
The husband could only waste his
Hours between Books and Si-hs,"
hut rs a means of recreation probably
he often gazed with admiration upon
the dextrous movements of his wife's
fingers.
This rapt attention to the motion
of hands and needles led him to
think of a loom that would do the
work more cxpeditiously.
Telling his wife Of his idea, he
"joincd Head to her Hands, and the
ingenious Stocking Loom was first
invented. hv which he did not ONLY
make himsalf and his Family happy,
but has left his Nation indebted to
him for a Benefit which enables them
to export Silk Stockings IN great
Quantities and to a vast Advantage
to those very Countries from whence
before they us'd to bring them at
considerable Loss in the Balance Of
their Traffick."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20

Mamma" said q little Fifth Ward
boy lurubri0usly the other day as he
laid down a volume of biographical
sketches of the presidents. O. don't
believe III ever be a president /
amt got the chance. / wasn't brung
up right"
Why. child. you have the same
chance that other little BOYS have.
'' No, ] amt; L wasn't born in log
cabin. nor I amt drove team on the
canal. nor had 10 read the spellIu' book
by the light Of pine knot. nor had 70
split rails, nor notlm like the rest Of
the boys who got there. I tell YOU,
mother. I'm handicapped on this presi-
Dental business"
] rom the stress laid ON the hardships
endured 10y some OF the presi .euts
when boys. Il is not strange that the
juvenile mind should draw such q de-
ductiOn. II Lluira Gazette.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
SALES

RN VIRTUE OF SUNDRY wRITS of alias
y t1errt tdC.as aud Tead. ECpon. issued out Of
the Court Of Common pleas, Of Cambria COUNTY
ana TO me directed, there VIII be exposed to Pub,
lie Sale, at the Mansion House, in .Tohnstown, on
p. N, the following Real Estate 20 wit:
All the right, title and interest Of William Gus
ter Oi IN and 10 a u that certain piece parcel of
and lying and peing stuated in Rlchland Gown
snip. Cambria county Pa, bounded and described
thence due south - eTches TO a chestnut OAK.
thence due west II peTches 10 q post, thence due
rouln IS perches TO a locust. thence by land now
OF late the property OF ID. =. Storm due west 100
perches to maple. thence south IS degrees west
hard due north P crbes 70 nest. G sGoG Reg
by land OF David King due east 40 perches to a
spanish oak, thence 10y land OF Patrick KeeIan due
east l9I perches to the place OF beginning contain
Ing lJ2 acres strict measure having thereon erect
Su - - W2 sloTy plank mouse ana frame barn, now
in the occupancy Of William Custer.
AI4SO-Ail the right, title and interest of VIII.
lan ulster o. IN nj to all that certain tract OF
parcel OF land situated in Richlund TOWNSHIP.
't,n1ria county Pa, bounded and described as
9Ilo"s. VIZ beginning AT WA4nCt corner Of Mar
tiu Custer. thence north degrees east q2IZ per-
ches TO stones. thence by land OF Samuel Flenu er
by original tract Of which this Is a part south ,
degrees west s5la perchcs 10 stones, thence by
lhnd OF Mar,in custer. cast 55 and -- perches
70 the place Of beg. nnin containing 81 acres and
lCo uerches Taken in execution and TO he sold at
inc suit OF samuel g. Ream.
ALSO- All the right, title ana interest OF John
BlrEet Of in and 20 oil that certain lot ground
situated IN Co"persdalg Borough. Cambria coun-
~, Pa. boEndei and described as follows, VIZ .
Havr.- an alley on the north. lot Of David Brand
Nugl' % u the south. ard fronting Main street
on the east and others On the west. having there.
on erected two story frame house and other out
buildings, now I'm the occupancy OF Richard Will
iams. Taken in execution and 10 be sold at the
suit OF Eliza }. Cohlck. ALm'X Of l.. b Cohick
deceased.
ALSO-All the right title ard interest Of VIII
liam :. Patterson, of, 10 and TO all that certain
two lots OF ground situated I'm the Township of
StJuysreek, Cambria county. Pa, bounded nd
Pike on the south. and running back to m aIIev
On the north, adjoining lot of Cambria Iron co.
on the east. and --- street on the west Taken
10 execution and to DU sold al the suit of Maria
NHylHud.
ALSO-All tie right. title and interest of J. W.
Reighard. of, iu and To- an that certain piece or
parcel Of ground situated in Jackson township,
cambria county. Pa, bounded and described as
follows, viz adjoining land Of Cambria Iron Go.
on the east and south the ives by land OF Ed
ward HOrner and ON the north by William Dow
ncy- containing SO acres more or less. about 80
acres cleared. having thereon erected n two story
frame house and frame barn, now in the occupan-
cy Of W ReigEard, Taken in execution and to
hc sold a. the suit o Jacob Reighard.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
APPETIzERS.
A Hard Town For Him.

A stranger who had nothing more in
his looks to recommend him than q
hare lip called at the Ninth Avenue
Station recently and said to the sergeant
III charge.
IF you'll guarantee me SO I'll go
into trance and tell you where to ind
prominent murderer.
90 We don't want any murderers to-
day. was the reply.
s'Give me S5 and III call up the
spirit of Captain Kidd. and have it
point ont two bank robbers
" Couldn't do It. The bank rObber
market Is very dull Just now.
'' VIII you give me 50 If 1 tell you
who stole Charley Ross?"
No. sir
s'Wiu YOU give me q dollar 70 tel
you just how long you are to lye?'
'' No"
Say" whispered the man. "Tn
give away the Nathan murderer FOX
fifty cents.
d" Don't want him"
Two shillings?'
mo"
s'Then Won look out for mel II !
can get my living honestly III make
It some other vayi When the next
murder occurs look for mel III be
therei Histr'
Later I'D the day he was locked up
for vagrancv. and as he was locked up
he cOnfidentiallv remarked TO the jan
itOr-
I'm going into a trance now. Come
here with q quarter 10y and by and III
give You a pointer on the end of the
world. It's straight business with
me, and ] can give you mile the
start OF everybody else. HistI Not q
word! Get your duds packedl''-
Detroit Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
The unInckv Numher-

A little squad of printers IN New
Haven were photographed some months
ago, and since then some one of them
has been sick constantly.
The incessant illness led some of the
party to attribute it to the picture,
which it was found contained Just 13
figures.
As soon as it became known that the
party contained that fateful number
the increase of Illness was marked, and
to-day four or five of the party are off
while the remainder are going about
kicking themselves and shaking with
fear over what may happen New
Haven Register.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20

An advertisement in O New York
paper read:
- Wanted. an accordion PLAYER; ap-
ply at the shooting gallery, at No. -
Third Avenue
The accordion players saw through
the scheme D. ELt away. and not ulc an
swered the aGyertisemeut.
The object was jo got all The aeCor-
dion piayel- n the city % apply ta the
shooting Gallery. and use I-.ll ls tar
gets as fast aS they entered rho room.
It is greatly TO be regretted lIa. lua
ruse misaalrlod.-l Nolristo1u Herald
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
ne Enrret tI,. coml.l.stlan.

A wealthy citizen of q uEiELboring
city Lai been out until tie small hours
with couvivill companion.
It was not exactly BE- dry locality q"
that he had visited, and LeaTrived lone
slightly ozLilIrated
He managed. hv describing several
er~atic 1a+r than ~eorneaTc.I lines,
To yet to his bedroom and into chair.
Then ne called to ms wife lu a stage
whisper.
Il can't get my boots of"
90 Whats lee matter tn EouT hoUtss'
&oz-iu. in G faint vhisrgrl.
What's the matter with your hands,
then2' she cross-ezamIued.
% NCzzin.
Why don't you pull your boots Of,
then?"
e. Maria, I've forgot the continuation
Il Boston Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
Good Hen story.

A young married lady, who
moved into the country from
city home, considered keeping hens
a pleasant and profitable duty.
As she became more absorbed IN
the pursuit her enthusiasm increased.
and 90 hens ' made a favari.a subject
of her thoughts and conversation
During one Of her animated de-
scriptions Of success a friend in
quiTed.
Are vour hens good leHe2"
d" Oh. yes." she replied I'm a de-
lighted tone: ' they haven't land Lad
egg vet. - CaJslzili Mail
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
saueakr sIlrnrr. Ntnnt..d.

Ethelberta: " I want pair Of slip
pers for pa Number tens. please, and
-sgueaky."
Genial shoemaker. .' Suuoakv. miss2
I'm afraid we haven't amy oi that
kind "
Ethslherta. d" Tn s0rv. COulGu {
you make him a sqUeaky Iaire TLare
Is "a certain young gentleman r.aO
visits me frequently. ra. and Il
know Just when pa j. coming - ha-a-
doluLia Call
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
Mercantile Maiden.

Burlington girls are Of d decidedly
busiuess-like turn Of mind.
May ] aspire TO your hand? asked
q dude Of one of our pIettiest bellies the
other day.
lyon may have the refusal OF It for
an indefinite period. was the prompt
reply Burlington Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20

They were discussing at the dinner
table the question OF capital punish
mcut
A young physician, who was warm
partisan of the side which favored its
abolition, crled out.
1t Is a baTbarous custom. One
man has no right to take the life OF hIs
fellow"
A young lady on the other side.
Nevertheless, monsieur You are q
doctor"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20
The Progress of Enlightenment.

AS in the old Greek games the
athletes ran with torches, and one
handed the light to the other, and
thus it passed along the line, so it is
with US, each man runneth his race,
but he passeth the torch on to another,
that the light may never go out from
generation to generation.-[Sp [Spurgeon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-05-20

Magistrate. have YOU ever been
arrested before, Uncle iastuss
Uncle hastus: IS Yes, 70 houlh; Jess
wunce."
Magistrate: % What was the charge
against you?'
Uncle Kastus: Ten dollars an costs
sahF'-l Harpers Bazar. -